Mao Yichang

Mao Yichang 毛贻昌
Born	15 October 1870 Shaoshan, Hunan, Great Qing
Died	23 January 1920(1920-01-23) (aged 49) Shaoshan, Hunan, Republic of China
Occupation(s)	Farmer, grain merchant
Spouse	Wen Qimei
Children	Mao Zedong Mao Zemin Mao Zetan Mao Zejian (adopted)

Mao Yichang or Mao Rensheng^[a] (15 October 1870 – 23 January 1920) was a Chinese farmer and grain merchant who achieved notability as the father of Mao Zedong. The nineteenth generation of the Mao clan, he was born and lived his life in the rural village of Shaoshanchong in Shaoshan, Hunan Province.

The son of Mao Enpu, he was raised in a poverty-stricken family of peasants. Marrying Wen Qimei when he was ten, he subsequently served for two years in the Xiang Army. Returning to agriculture, he became a moneylender and grain merchant, buying up local grain and selling it in the city for a higher price, becoming one of the wealthiest farmers in Shaoshan, with 20 acres of land. He and Wen had four surviving children, Zedong, Zemin, Zetan, and Zejian, the latter of whom was adopted.

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